What We Loved in 2010: Under $100

Ikat Gets Tabled

Ikat Gets Tabled

These new ceramic bowls from Anthropologie come in four patterns, inspired by traditional ikat’s blocks of bright color and distinctive craggy edges. They’re graphic, unique, and would look particularly charming paired with basic, solid-colored china on the table or as a catchall for jewelry, coins, and other loose ends on a vanity or chest of drawers. Loomed bowl, 6.25” diam. x 3” h., $14; anthropologie.com.—Leah Konen

Penguin Goes Postal

Penguin Goes Postal

In 1935, a British publisher named Allen Lane founded Penguin Books with the intention of making great literature available in attractive, inexpensive paperback editions. Seventy-five years later, these books have become among the most iconic designs of the 20th century. Postcards From Penguin houses 100 distinctive covers including editions of The Odyssey and Nineteen Eighty-Four, as well as a risqué Milton Glazer drawing for Rabbit, Run. Packaged in a handsome box, you might find them too nice to mail. Postcards from Penguin, $25; penguin.com.—Peter Terzian